Description

The Amazon Web Services Professional Services team is looking for a Customer Practice Manager (CPM) who can lead and support significant customer programs during the solution and pursuit stages, develop a long-term Professional Services strategy and execute that strategy within our greenfield account vertical. The CPM is a trusted advisor for our customers who can drive strategic and financial value for customers through promoting and selling transformational professional services programs. The CPM manages all aspects of business development, deal structuring, deal support and ensures delivery excellence and project closure in their assigned accounts or territories.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.

This is a customer facing - new customer acquisition role may require up to 50% travel to customer sites.

Key job responsibilities

• Execution of long-term strategic customer transformation roadmaps, having a high Bias for Action to Deliver Results in ProServe and Platform bookings in the near term.

• Lead business outcomes - ability to articulate accelerated customer outcomes through cloud technologies

• Develop a unified account plan and pursuit plan that aligns with AWS account team (platform sales)

• Establish Executive relationships across Technology & Business groups, executive sponsorship of programs

• Establish an internal network at AWS, most notably with internal organizations critical to success: account team (#OneTeam), Partner team, Global Services organization, Finance, Legal.

• Successful assumption of role of strategic advisor and expert with a deep knowledge of the cross-section of the customers’ business and the available cloud services

• Deliver on annual bookings targets with deal structure aligned with key customer goals and AWS Professional Services business objectives

• Support scale through shared learnings and mechanisms across the Professional Services sales team.

About the team

About AWS:

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Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of management consulting and IT experience with business, product, and digital transformation knowledge including overcoming challenges in customer-facing roles.

• Experience with selling consulting/professional services with recurring revenue from accounts/territory, including greenfield.

• Business development experience including multiyear, multiple service offerings with a total contract value of +10M agreements and familiarity with compliance & security standards across the enterprise IT landscape.

• Experience with CRM systems with a view of pursuits, progress, and pipeline conversion.

• Experience evaluating customer market conditions, organizational readiness, and C-Level engagement to drive strategic transformation initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• BA/BS degree with vertical industry sales and delivery experience of cloud services and solutions.

• Experience with design of modern, scalable delivery models for technology consulting services.

• International consulting or professional services sales and delivery experience with global F500 enterprise customers and partners.

• Understanding of cloud computing and data transition challenges.

• A partner network for joint pursuit and delivery.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.